Yeliu Geology Park

1/7/2013

Today ,we went to Yeliu Geology Park to look at the unique geographical features in Taiwan. At Yeliu, the rocks were mainly sedimentary rocks. Due to accumulation of biological compound, it would lower the speed of weather, which causes special morphology of rocks. For example, the sea urchin fossils lower the speed of weathering, different speed of weathering causes the formation of mushroom rock. It was very cool to see different shape of rocks in this park. The most famous rock in this park was the candle rock, which could only be found in Yeliu. However, my camera was not good enough to take a clear image. I can only remember the rocks in my mind.

We had a delicious lunch in a seafood restaurant. As Taiwan is an island, it got good seafood  and this was my first time to try some local fresh seafood in Taiwan. Hong Kong people love seafood very much. However, our fishery industry was become smaller and smaller. We just import seafood from other places, which was not as fresh as the one in Taiwan. After lunch, we came to Fisheries Research Institute. I had an idea about how is the Fishery industry in Taiwan. I have some knowledge about the brine shrimp in Taiwan. But I think the fishery industry in Taiwan far larger than I can imagine. It has lots of experimental ships, laboratories for how to increase the production rate of fishery products, and also other products like seaweed and medicines. I think I should know more about the agriculture and aquaculture in Taiwan!